Below is a post by my friend and our project screenwriter Lee Shackleford announcing that Sir David Suchet has signed on to narrate our four part mini-series. I was a part of a Zoom call to meet him, from London, last December, a very humble and gracious man. He concluded our meeting by saying, “I’m here and I’m with you all. And listen also, Matt, no more ‘Sir’. I’m just David. I’m part of the team. No hierarchy. It’s very nice to be a ‘Sir’ but I never expect [to be addressed so]… it doesn’t sit that easily on me. But I believe now that I am [with you and the team] I’m a member of a wonderful family!”
Here is to seeing it all come to fruition before next December rolls around!
Stay tuned for more announcements! You can also follow the mini-series announcements and previews and opportunities to support at https://magdeburgtrain.com/.
We are beyond elated to announce that one of the world’s finest and most widely-acclaimed actors has joined the adventure of A Train Near Magdeburg. Our narration will be performed by none other than Sir David Suchet, multiple-award-winning star of stage and screen.
Though he has been performing professionally since 1969 (!) he is best-known around the world for his portrayal of Agatha Christie’s eccentric detective Hercules Poirot in the long-running TV series Poirot.
While we were searching for exactly the right talent for our narrator, Sir David was looking for us — that is, for a way to add his talents to a significant story about Jews in the Holocaust. He is himself of Lithuanian-Jewish descent; his father was “Suchedowitz” in the old country. He told us he has recently learned more about the fate of his Lithuanian relatives during the Holocaust and has since been eager to honor their legacy with a project like ours.
Sir David has recently completed an extraordinary tour of the world following the path once taken by Agatha Christie, with whom he naturally feels a strong personal bond. That entire adventure can be seen in the outstanding documentary series Travels with Agatha Christie & Sir David Suchet.
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Matt, this is amazing & wonderful & exciting!Thrilled for you & your accomplishments.Can’t wait to see-and hear- the final product.All the very best!!Joan
Hi Joan, Thank you for your support!
This is wonderful news. I have been following the progress of the documentary throughout its many stages. I am eagerly awaiting its completion. Although it details the horrible crime committed against the Jewish people, the Romany and other people designated “undesirables” by the Hitler regime at the Wannsee conference and will undoubtedly be saddening, I think this documentary will be a beacon of hope that shines brightly in the history of humanity. The worst and the best of Humanity will be on display. I Thank you from the bottom of my heart Mr. Rozell and all of the many people who are bringing this project to life. Your inspiration and determination to see this project to completion makes me feel better about our currently politically polarized United States.
Sincerely and with warmest regards
Walter Huffman
I want to focus on the Miracles, the triumph of the Good, the Healing of reunification and the Simplicity of the power of our work to bring All Americans together. People are starving for that. Thank you for your support and encouragement!
Focusing on the triumph of the good is difficult sometimes but necessary in these times. I think the work you and many others are doing will bring a message of healing to people in America. You are correct that people are starving for unification and the simplicity of the power of love to heal and unify. In 2025 we should be in a post-racist society but we are not. Perhaps this documentary will force us as a people to take a step in the right direction and truly be the United States of America.
Respectfully,
Walter Huffman
I wonder when the miniseries will be ready My mother and her sister where in the train
In Israel, early next year we are hopeful. Thank you for your support!